This paper examines the decline in Illinois public school enrollment that began in 1971-72 and attempts to predict the likely duration and severity of the decline. Much of the paper discusses the use of two different models for calculating enrollment projections from 1974 through 1985. The grade-by-grade model formulates enrollment projections…

The document consists of a set of performance tests developed to assist the typewriting teacher in determining the achievement level of students. Tests for four different levels of achievement are included, with minimum performance standards specified for each level. For all four levels a test is included for timed typing, letter typing, and…

The use of characteristic coding (dummy coding) is made in showing solutions to four multivariate problems using canonical analysis. The canonical variates can be themselves analyzed by the use of multiple linear regression. When the canonical variates are used as criteria in a multiple linear regression, the R2 values are equal to 0, where 0 is…

A paradigm of rehearsal interaction, based on the measurement and interpretation of behavioral transactions between actors and directors, is posited in this article. Verbal and nonverbal communication processes characteristic of actor/director interactions are operationally defined, and indexes of director/actor interaction, director/actor talk…

This article describes a new methodology used in assessing the competence of the principals in the Edgewood School Plan. Two theories are used in this assessment program: competence theory, which emphasizes the person, and role theory, which emphasizes the position. The evaluation requires information that enables individuals to identify the…

One solution to the problem of obtaining test scores in order to assess multiple outcomes of educational programs is a basically simple technique called matrix sampling. Matrix sampling is the estimation of total test score statistics by administering random subsets of test items to randomly selected students. This chapter lays out the specific…

The five point scale is the most frequently applied scaling used in the current practices for evaluating instructor classroom performance through graduate student observations. Hence, the investigation addressed itself toward determining, through a series of 55 computerized exact randomization tests, at what degree of mean differences would…

This paper provides a clarification of two factors--the differences in pupil need (as reflected by the proportion of disadvantaged or handicapped pupils in a district) and the differences in the prices of school inputs across districts--that affects the cost of educational services and a conceptual framework that may be useful in making welfare…

A survey designed to identify perceived educational needs in a large suburban school district was administered to a representative sample of elementary teachers, junior high teachers, senior high teachers, special education teachers, junior high students, senior high students, and parents. Intercorrelation and factor analysis of the data revealed…

This paper describes the relationship among statistical research, ethnographic research, and practice, all of which combine to generate an explanatory model of school board incumbent defeat and superintendent turnover. The research process that incorporates these variables involves (1) careful ethnographic descriptions of important educational…

This paper describes a large computer-coded conversational speech data base and results of testing phonological rules on that data base. The study shows that frequency of rule application depends not only on phonological environments, but also on frequency of occurrence of specific words. That is, some rules are highly word-dependent, others are…

An investigation was conducted of the characteristics of two estimation procedures and corresponding test statistics used in the analysis of completely randomized factorial experiments when observations are lost at random. For one estimator, contrast coefficients for cell means did not involve the cell frequencies. For the other, contrast…

In this study, the data originally used by Hemphill, Griffiths, and Frederiksen in their "Whittman" study of principals' behavior patterns were factor analyzed using psychometric techniques. Results of the analysis substantiated four of the eight originally defined dimensions of administrative behavior, and an additional important factor termed…

The development of new admissions standards for freshmen entering the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Forestry, the Institute of Technology, and the University of Minnesota at Morris is described and supporting research presented. The new admissions standards, which are based on a multiple correlation and regression approach using first…

This document provides normative fiscal information to assist institutions in identification of emerging trends in the allocation of financial resources. These data do not represent minimums, but are composite perspectives of the operational characteristics of all institutions in the respective enrollment categories for each level. Tables cover:…